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PA'.; ■. .Palmersotn North Tlie, former Presbyterian Moderator, Mrs 1 Joan Anderson, has bpen-: elected president. of .the National Council of Churches, the first woman lay person to hold the' off ice. c Mrs? -.Anderson has been vice-president for the last 18 jnonths- and will take over from Commissioner E.- R. Elliott of the Salvation Army. Mrs Anderson, the first woman Moderator of the Presbyterian Church, finished her term of office last November.
,),The. Rev. Dr S. L. Edgar, of the Baptist Union in Wellington, was elected vicepresidents
| Members of the executive [committee are:— Anglican Church: the Ven. E. G. Buckle (Auckland), the. Rev. I. G. Bourne, (Wellington), Mrs Juliet Johnston (Christchurch). Methodist Church: the Rev. J. H. Roberts (Christchurch), the Rev. Rua Rakena (Auckland). Presbyterian Church: the Rev. W. A. Best (Wellington), Mrs Jan Cormack (Christchurch). Baptist Church: the Rev. R. E. Bullen (Palmerston North). Salvation Army: Major R. L. Smith (Wellington). Congregationalist: Mrs Geraldine Barton (Christchurch), Associated Churches of Christ: Mrs K. Guyan (Auckland).
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